一劳永逸 meaning in Chinese
put things right once and for all; be efficacious forever; do sth. well so that one never has to do it again for good and all; get sth. done once (and) for all; labour for sth. that holds good for all the time; once and for all; solutions that hold good for all time; strain to reach a solution good for all the time
Examples
- "nothing," i said, "is final. "
我说:“凡事都不会一劳永逸的。” - She had hoped to get rid of the girl for good and all .
她原想一劳永逸地把这个姑娘赶走。 - See if you can handle this young trouble-maker once and for all .
看看你能不能把那个小捣乱分子一劳永逸的打发走。 - The greek philosophers and early christian fathers boxed the compass once for all .
希腊哲学家和早期的神父早已一劳永逸地为后人指明了方向。 - No formula can be developed, once and for all, to be applied automatically to each case .
一劳永逸地制定一个能够自动地适用于每一情况的公式,实不可能。